NeuroRoast – If you do not know I am a huge coffee connoisseur. NeuroRoast is meant to replicate coffee, but with an added nootropic effect. Even with the mushroom blend added into the coffee it made no impact or bitterness added to either the regular or instant coffee. At first you get a medium roast coffee taste, and in the aftertaste is when the Italian dark flavor kicks in. The dual blend of the coffee and espresso leaves a dense taste that is extremely pleasing. There is a slight hint of cinnamon that will trickle down your throat in the aftertaste. Even when I drank this black I had no problems going through 6-8oz with ease and really enjoying my coffee.

With Almond Milk:
I will add a dash of almond milk 99% of the time, but I wanted to try the coffee straight up for an honest review. The added almond milk gave the coffee a creamy taste to enhance the roast and Italian dark flavoring. For minimal additional calories I would highly suggest it.

Creamer or Powdered Creamer:
I am also an avid fan of including MAN Iso-Amino Coffee Creamer in Pumpkin or Vanilla for added flavor. When that was thrown in the mix with almond milk this was like drinking a dessert. Fantastic.

For those who want to know what a proper portion of coffee and water is:
1 TBSP would make a 6 oz cup of coffee for a total of 64 servings. If you like your coffee really strong and usually drink 8-10 oz, so it may get closer to 35-45 servings.

Mixability

NeuroRoast Instant you throw into 6-8oz of warm water and mix. When using a spoon it will dissolve in a heartbeat after 10-15 seconds of stirring like almost all instant coffee products you find at the grocery store. I found no grounds stuck to my spoon or side of the coffee mug.

Formula
NeuroRoast™ is a proprietary blend of 100% organic Nammax mushrooms grown in Canada. This coffee is a100% organic Italian dark roast, and an aromatic spice blend. The mushrooms used are:

Cordyceps Sinesis

Turkey Tail

Lion's Mane

Reishi

Shiitake

Chaga

Some of these mushrooms are used to drive intense focus and mental clarity, others are used to decrease stress, boost the immune system, and smooth out the fall-out from caffeine. They also decrease the acidity of the coffee by about 3%.

Each 6 oz serving has 1000mg of the mushroom blend. Lion's Mane, Cordyceps, Shiitake, Chaga, Reishi, and Turkey Tail mushroom extracts. Each serving of NeuroRoast contains roughly 1000mg of this blend. Most products on the market contain 500mg per serving of only 2-3 extracts. The average retail price for 2 oz. of these mushroom fruiting body extracts is about $30+.

Fruity Cereal Milk – The cereal milk flavors on the Ghost supplement line are meant to replicate the milk after a bowl of cereal. The combination of Trix and Fruity Pebbles is exactly what I got after making a shake with this protein powder. Usually when companies go with a fruit flavor it is too strong, too weak, or too artificial. The flavoring is pure which is very hard to do. The way the whey protein correlates to the leftover milk of a bowl of cereal is dead on. The whey tasted like pure trix cereal. You get the ripeness associated with trix and the sweetness of fruity pebbles. How ghost pulled this one off is unique, but if you do not enjoy those cereal’s this may be one to hold off on. Personally anything that hits my sweet tooth is a home run, and Ghost delivered. I would put this as a top 3 flavor behind Blueberry Toaster Pastry and Cereal Milk.

Mixability

I mixed this protein shake with 2 Scoops of the Whey and 12oz of cashew milk. This mixed with ease. There was no clumping left in the shake as the powder started to mix hitting the liquid.

When mixed in greek yogurt (plain) I also found it to mix with ease. Ghost mixes very similar to a MTS, PES, or typical blend on the market. There are also no issues when utilized in baking. I find it to help the final product rise very well and make an incredible baked good.

Formula

Per Scoop:
1.5g Fat
4g Carbs
25g Protein

What you have to love about Ghost is the open label on the whey protein. The only other added ingredients are cellulose and xanthan gum + Sucralose as the sweetener. There is nothing hidden in here. With a very basic formula the greatest inclusion is a Ghost Enzyme to help breakdown the whey for those who may have a slight lactose problem. This will settle very easy and sit well for almost all consumers.

14.53g from WPI
13.15g From WPC
2.98g from Hydro WPI

Cost

$39.99 on their main webpage, but you can always find a 20% off coupon. If you have coupons to the 3 letter store you can always get the added discount if you want to shop local. For the price of the open label and flavoring it is more of a unique buy. Think of something you can use on occasion, but maybe a touch too expensive to use on a daily basis. Most people are geared to cost effective whey/whey blends on the market. My best piece of advice is you could half the dosage on the ghost whey and pair wih a vanilla protein powder to get the enhancement of the Ghost flavoring.

Peanut Butter – While I am a peanut butter fiend this was one of the least enjoyable of all the cookies on the Quest cookie line. The peanut butter flavor is great, but the creaminess or saltiness associated with peanut butter is lost. The cookie is moist just like what you would expect which is a plus. The downside is it is missing two vital elements to create a great peanut butter flavor.

Double Chocolate Chip – The double chocolate chip was a good cookie that was similar to the regular chocolate chip. The only place it fell short was the boldness of the chocolate in the actual cookie. The flavor just was not strong enough to really separate itself from the original or oatmeal raisin. The chocolate chip inclusion helped amplify the chocolate flavor, but for a double chocolate chip it just needed more.

Chocolate Chip – This is almost identical to a regular chocolate chip cookie. The baked cookie has a soft consistency that breaks in your fingers. The cookie has a slightly butter undertone with rich chocolate chips. This was one of their best flavors. Simple but executed well.

Oatmeal Raisin - My personal favorite of all the flavors. The density of the oatmeal shines in the cookie. There is just the right amount of raisins to give it an extra kick of sweetness. With how soft the cookies are it really remind you of a fresh baked oatmeal raisin cookie out of a bakery. This one was fantastic, but I am partial to oatmeal raisin, so this one really hit home! Texture

Out of the wrapper you can tell these are baked cookies. Most protein cookies on the market are glorified circular protein bars. These have a different texture and feel to them to resemble a real cookie. What I do like is they are a bit rougher then most cookies, which you can puncture with your hand. This gives you the chew of a true cookie while not being hard as a rock like some protein bars can be. The texture is just right to give you the best replication of a cookie.

Formula

14-17g Fat
18-25g Carbs
15g Protein
9g Fiber

Protein à Milk protein isolate and whey protein isolate. The inclusion of butter may turn some people off, but this helps the texture and consistency of the product. The soluble corn fiber (when quest made the change to use this in their bars) won some customers and lost some. I find these cookies settle much easier then a lot of their protein bars do. The best part is there is only 1gof sugar in the cookies.

Cost

You can get a box of 12 cookies for around $20-24 depending on the website and sale being ran at the time. If you are a cookie fan this is good alternative to buying the real thing. I personally enjoy the texture compared to most cookies on the market from other companies. The flavoring is good, and the price is reasonable. I would rank these the best cookies out there on the market. I personally am not a fan of Len & Larry, and these edge out MuscleTech and Prosupps.

Blueberry Cobbler –A cobbler is blueberry dish covered with a batter, dumpling, or biscuit crust.. You do taste a small portion of oatmeal in the aftertaste, but you get a bold buttery undertone and a fresh blueberry flavor. The density of both the blueberry and the crust of a cobbler compliment each other perfectly. The balance in this bar is fantastic, and there is no artificial taste, which is common with fruity flavors on the market. This beats the One Blueberry Bar and Quest Blueberry by a mile.

Banana Nut Bread –The banana flavor shines upon the initial bite. The banana flavor is rich and lasts all the way through the aftertaste. The nut flavor is a faded in the aftertaste. The texture plays perfectly with this flavor as the outside has that smooth banana flavor and the inside provides the complimenting crunch of a nut. The only other bar I could compare this to is Quest, and it is hands down light years better.

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip – There are small little chunks of oats on the inside of the bar as the outside provides the chocolate chip glaze. The milk chocolate is outstanding. With how rich and bold the flavor is it helps amplify the filling of the oats. The texture is identical to eating a fudgy no bake cookie. This is the clear-cut winner of the three, and an absolute home run. If you were to choose one flavor I would pick this one with ease!

Texture

The texture of the protein bar is very similar to a MP’s Combat Crunch Bar, Grenade Carb Killa, and ProSupps MyBar The outside is layered with a coating and small crispies to help enhance the texture. The inside has a soft consistency even with the whole food makeup of the bar. The inside is not like a brownie as the Fit Crunch and SinFit bar resemble. Overall the crunchy outside shell and smooth inside give it a great one two punch to get the best of both worlds.

Formula

260 Calories
9g Fat
29g Carbs
6g Fiber
20g Protein

Just like the MRE Powder the protein sources are made up of chicken, beef isolate, salmon, and Egg. The major carb sources are rolled oats, blueberries, yams, and sweet potatoes. RedCon1 markets this as a whole food bar due to the ingredient profile. What separates this bar from others on the market is the all -natural approach just like Universal did with the Animal Snak bars. For many people too many artificial sweeteners and sugars can cause a ton of bloating. These bars are the exact opposite and settle with ease.

Cost

$3.49 for a single bar or $34.99 for a box of 12. This is the retail price off the Redcone1 main webpage. As many fans know RedCon1 does a ton of intro sales and deals, so do not be surprised to see the price of these bars drop. There is a 20% discount right off the main Stack3d Page making it $27.99/Box or $2.33/Bar. Due to the makeup of the bars this is why their price point may be a touch higher (Just like their MRE Powder is higher for a MRP).

Mystery – Man Sports Mystery flavor resembles airheads candy. Airheads are chewy taffy based candy that packs a variety of flavors (16). What I do like about Iso-Amino is the flavoring is not overbearing, but surprisingly refreshing. The flavor of “White Mystery” is always a highly debated topic (hence the name), but I found it the perfect combination of sweet and sour. You get the best of both worlds as the initial flavoring tastes like a sweet white cherry. After your taste buds get smothered with a sweet flavor I found the after taste hinted at a sour white apple. While this was a very unique flavor it could be hit or miss depending on the consumer. I personally enjoyed this one and would put it up there with Sour Nukes, Dorks, & Rainbow sherbet as my favorites.

Mixability

Man Sports Iso-Amino is a very fine powder, therefore it mixes very easy. When the powder starts to touch the water it will soon dissolve. Even with a few shakes in any shaker bottle this will start mixing with ease. Most amino-based products settle easy, and this leaves no clumps in your shaker cup.

MAN Sports is extremly basic as an amino based product.
5g of BCAA's per serving is all you get.
2.5g Leucine
1.25g Valine
1.25g Isoleucine

Cost

MAN Sports Iso-Amino retails around $20. If you look you can get it for as cheap as $15-17 for 30 servings. Averaging 60 Cents a serving that is a good deal for a basic BCAA product. The flavoring of MAN Sports is overlooked. Not only are their flavors on point, they are very bold, dense, and live right up to the name on the label. This is a limited edition flavor that only produces 100 units per year.